Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Bottlerocket
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture; 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience; 1+ years developing large-scale software using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; 1+ years of Object Oriented Design.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Develop and maintain Bottlerocket, AWS’s open-source container operating system, including OS components, integrations, security protections, and release tooling.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain Rust-based OS services, APIs, and update infrastructure; investigate system issues across Linux, container runtimes, and orchestrators.
- Contribute to open-source development and partner with EKS, ECS, and security teams on integrations and container-host requirements.
- Improve CI/CD, testing, and release tooling; support production operations, security hardening, and engineering mentorship.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
- 1+ years of experience developing large-scale software using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; experience programming with at least one software language.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Rust, Go, Linux, C#, C++, Java, Perl, EKS
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